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I recently chatted with Lauren Berger, founder and CEO of InternQueen.com and author of the new book Welcome to the Real World: Finding Your Place, Perfecting Your Work, and Turning Your Job Into Your Dream Career. If you're working on snagging your dream job (that's most of us), she has some great tips for maintaining professional relationships even when you’re tempted to slack off because it is gorgeous outside. First, Find an Accountability Partner That’s right, I said an accountability partner, not a mentor (we’ll get to that in a minute). Berger suggests choosing someone who’s at or near your same career level and shares similar goals but works in a different industry. “Sometimes if you’re working too closely with someone on the day-to-day, it becomes more of a competition than a conversation,” explains Berger. Aim to check in once a week, and keep the conversation on track by focusing on the three things you’re working on that week. Want a Mentor? Look Inside of Your Company “You want to pick someone who’s senior but not the head-head in charge—think one to three levels above you,” says Berger. “Any higher than that and you start getting removed.” Already have a read more

My friend shared the funniest thing with me the other day. She got a late-night text from a much-younger, already-in-a-relationship coworker she's been trying to resist hooking up with, and in order to firm up her resolve NOT to go meet him at a bar, she used the following surefire trick. read more

It was a short week, but we managed to pack in some good stuff like a great bun idea from Jessica Alba, contact lenses that make your eyes look bigger and a makeup trend anyone can wear. Here's the best of the blog: read more

It’s filled with great beauty inspiration! I’m not the biggest fan of product placements, but you've gotta hand it to CoverGirl and Acuvue—they couldn’t have picked a better movie to make cameos in. Here’s where they fit in read more

Flossing your teeth? Washing your face? Taking off your eye makeup? If you could take one thing out of your getting-ready-for-bed routine and not have it change the way you look or feel in the morning, what would it be? read more